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German term or phrase:	Allermannsharnischkraut
English translation:	serpent's garlic / alpine leek
Entered by:	Claire Titchmarsh

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6:45am Mar 11, 2004

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German term or phrase: Allermannsharnischkraut

Dank dem Allermannsharnischkraut (dasselbe Kraut welches den Kriegern im Mittelalter in die Rüstung gelegt wurde) wurde die Fassade vor der Zerstörung bewahrt.

From a piece about old hotels in Switzerland.

Claire Titchmarsh

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serpent's garlic / alpine leek

Explanation:
spotted ramson
ornamental onion

Latin: Allium victorialis

take your pick

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EdithK
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serpent's garlic / alpine leek

EdithK

Androsace mathildae

Gillian Scheibelein

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serpent's garlic / alpine leek

Explanation:
spotted ramson
ornamental onion

Latin: Allium victorialis

take your pick

Reference: http://www.liberherbarum.com/Pn0169.HTM

EdithK
Germany
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English
PRO pts in category: 50

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Androsace mathildae

Explanation:
Harnischkraut = Androsace mathildae Levier.

It grows in the Alps (which would fit with Switzerland. It does not appear to have a common name

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Note added at 37 mins (2004-03-11 07:22:26 GMT)
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http://www.rmrp.com/OnlineRef/OnlineRefA.htm

this ref. gives \"cushion rock jasmin\", but there are no more of these on the web.

\"rock jasmin\" = Androsace chamaejasme (see http://www.args.org/ARGS%20PHOTOS/pages/Androsace%20chamaeja...)

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Note added at 38 mins (2004-03-11 07:23:52 GMT)
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The \"Allermans..\" would equate to \"common\"

Reference: http://www.parcomajella.it/flora/de_androsace.html

Gillian Scheibelein
Germany
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German: Allermannsharnischkraut

English translation: serpent's garlic / alpine leek